A thin piece of anything, especially of marble or other stone, having plane surfaces. Gwilt.
An outside piece taken from a log or timber in sawing it into boards, planks, etc.
The wryneck. [Prov. Eng.]
The slack part of a sail. Slab line (Naut.), a line or small rope by which seamen haul up the foot of the mainsail or foresail. Totten.
Thick; viscous. [Obs.] Make the gruel thick and slab. Shak.
That which is slimy or viscous; moist earth; mud; also, a puddle. [Obs.] Evelyn.
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